Cork-extractor



(No Model.)

W. L. AMES.

CORK EXTRAGTOR.

Patented July 20, 18 86.

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K m MW NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM L. AMES, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

QORK-EXTRACTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,822, dated July 20,1886.

Application filed September 17, 1885. Serial No. 177,400.

To all whom it may concern.-

.Be it known that 1, WILLIAM L. AMES, of Terre Haute, in the county ofVigo and State of Indiana, haveinvented new and useful Improvements inCork Extractors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification.

It is the object of my invention to provide a cork-extractor which shallbe at once simple in construction, convenient and eifeetive in use, andwhich may be employed in extracting corks from bottles of any size.These objects I accomplish by the invention hereinafter described, andsubsequently pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the extractorwith the screw closed in the handle; Fig. 2,a front elevation ofsanie;Fig. 3, a section of handle A at 1 2; Fig. 4, a

side elevation of the extractor with screw intion of extractor with corkpartially withdrawn from a bottle; Fig. 7, an elevation of extractor andbottle in the case of a very long cork.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a concave handle,which partially incloses the screw whenextractoris not in use, as shown in Fig. 1. Somewhere on the side of thehandle A,as at (L ,lS aspring which presses against the screw whenclosed in the handle, and holds it in that position. The spring a may bemade a part of the handle or a separate piece of metal, and attached tothe handle. There is a screw, B, having at one end a cylindrical head,I), through the center of which the screw B is pivoted to the handle A.At one end of the handle A are two cars, a a between which the screw Bispivoted at a to the handle by means of the pin O. The ear a is ofcam-shape, the distance between the surface a and the center of the pin0 constantly increasing from a to a The cam-ear a is of skeleton form,having the hole a as Shown in Fig. l.

To use the extractor,turn the screw from the (No model.)

position shown in Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrow in same figure,through about two hundred and seventy degrees, as shown in dottedlines,and insert it in the cork with the cam resting at a upon the endof the neck of the bottle, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Now turn thehandle from the position shown in Fig. lin the direction of the arrow insame figure, and the screw being firmly inserted in the cork and thesurface resting upon the end of the neck of the bottle, it imparts tothe cork in a vertical direction the power of a wedge,which forces thecork upward and out of the neck of the bottle. Should the cork be of'such unusual length that the cam does not entirely withdraw it, then byinserting the finger in the hole a the cork can easily be withdrawn theremainder of the distance.

It will be understood that the screw is always inserted in the cork at apoint which will insure bringing the cam to bear upon the neck of thebottle-that is, it is necessary only to insert the screw in the centerof the cork,when by so doing it will bring the cam of the extractor intosuch position as to have it, in the operation of withdrawing the cork,bear upon the top of the neck of the bottle. In this way mycork-extractor is adapted for use on bottles of various sizes.-

I am aware that cork-extractors have heretofore been constructedemploying a barrel or hollow support adapted to bear on thebottleneck,and ascrew attached toashank arranged to pass through the endof the barrel or support, and a lever or cam-handle pivoted to the shankand fulerumed on a roll or rolls on the barrel or support,wl1ereby bymoving said cam-handle it will operate to withdraw said shank throughthe opening in the barrel, and with it the cork from the mouth of thebottle; but in constructions of this character three essentialpartsareemployed,thebarrel,thescrew, and the lever. In my invention, however,I make use of but two essential parts, the handle with its cam-shapedear adapted to bear directly on the neck of the bottle, and the screwpivoted to the handle, and by inserting the screw into the cork at suchposition, either in the center or at one side thereof, as to insurebringing the cam to rest upon the top of the neck of the bottle, myextractor is made very simple in construction and adapted.

to be used as before stated on bottles of varying sizes.

What I claim as new, and which I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A cork-extractor composed of the lever or handle A,having at one endthe cam-shaped ear a integral with the handle, and a corkpenetratingscrew, B, pivoted to said lever 01' handle at one side of the cam-shapedear, the arrangement being such that when the screw is inserted in thecork of a bottle the camshaped ear will bear on the end of the neck ofthe bottle at one side of the screw, so that by a swinging movement ofthe lever the cork will be withdrawn from the bottle, as set forth.

2. In a cork-extractor, the combination of the lever or handle A,composed of a single piece of metal having at onesidea cam shaped ear, aand at the opposite side a smaller ear, a, and a cork-penetrating screwpivoted between said cars at one end of the handle,as set forth.

I 3. In a cork-extractor, the combination of the lever orhandle composedof a single piece of metal, having at one sidea cam-shaped ear, a and atthe opposite side a smaller car, a a cork-penetrating screw pivotedbetween said ears at one end of the handle,and a spring, a attached toor formed on said handle to engage with the outer end of the screw andhold it turned back against the handle, as set forth.

4. The combination, with the cork-extracting screw of the handle orlever A, having at one end the ears on a between which said screw ispivoted, one of said ears being camshaped, so that it will act asdescribed on the bottleneck, and provided with a hole, a for theinsertion of a finger, as set forth.

WILLIAM L. AMES.

Witnesses:

E. A. PHELPS, JOHN H. DAMON.

